Exclusive Night Shift Video: Drew Finds Out His Boyfriend Is Coming Home

The Night Shift‘s closeted doctor Drew may be forced to come out sooner than he planned.

On Tuesday’s episode, a violent storm hits San Antonio, causing disarray for the hospital. But Drew (Brendan Fehr) soon learns that the storm is only just beginning when he gets the incredible news that his boyfriend Rick has survived the war and is returning home from Afghanistan.

“He’s got to deal with the next level of [coming out],” Fehr said recently of this episode at the ATX panel screening, moderated by TVGuide.com. “In the first episode, TC calls him out. This [episode] Krista figures it out, but he’s never offered it up; he’s always been found out. We try to keep politics out of the mix … [and] don’t ask, don’t tell has been repealed, but if you talk to people it’s still a real issue.